Reflect some of the ways that you want to assess your students, i.e. monitor whether they are understanding what you're teaching.
Describe your (or your CT's) grading policy, i.e. how you will assign scores to represent performance. Explain why you are using this method. If you are continuing your CT's grading policy, explain what you feel are some of its strengths and weaknesses.
There are many ways in which I plan to assess my students understanding of the material. I plan on doing a lot of example problems and group work to help the students to work on critical thinking and problem solving. I also plan on using questioning and getting the students to come to the board and work out problems. When doing example problems with the class I am hoping to get the students to lead some examples with a little guidance when needed. I will also be doing online labs and regular labs to assess understanding.
My CT's grading policy is that 50% of the quarter grade is quizzes and tests combined while the other 50% is everything else (homework, classwork, lab reports, projects, etc.). My CT uses a stamping system with classwork and some homework; in this system each assignment is given a stamp requirement and when each part is due the teacher stamps them for completion. The assignments are not graded till the day before the exam when the students hand in an assignment sheets with all of the assignment in the unit. They are then graded and points are given for correctness and also completion based on whether or not the student got the assignment stamped. I will be taking over for my CT till mid May so I will be using this stamping system. Some strengths of this system are that students get points just for attempting to do the work and also the students that may have forgotten to do the assignment that night can finish it before the exam and get partial credit. The major weakness that I see is that many of the students are not very organized and sometimes lose some of the sheets because they are all collected at the beginning of the exam.
Journal Entry: Assessment and Grading
Name: Mitchell TrainorThere are many ways in which I plan to assess my students understanding of the material. I plan on doing a lot of example problems and group work to help the students to work on critical thinking and problem solving. I also plan on using questioning and getting the students to come to the board and work out problems. When doing example problems with the class I am hoping to get the students to lead some examples with a little guidance when needed. I will also be doing online labs and regular labs to assess understanding.
My CT's grading policy is that 50% of the quarter grade is quizzes and tests combined while the other 50% is everything else (homework, classwork, lab reports, projects, etc.). My CT uses a stamping system with classwork and some homework; in this system each assignment is given a stamp requirement and when each part is due the teacher stamps them for completion. The assignments are not graded till the day before the exam when the students hand in an assignment sheets with all of the assignment in the unit. They are then graded and points are given for correctness and also completion based on whether or not the student got the assignment stamped. I will be taking over for my CT till mid May so I will be using this stamping system. Some strengths of this system are that students get points just for attempting to do the work and also the students that may have forgotten to do the assignment that night can finish it before the exam and get partial credit. The major weakness that I see is that many of the students are not very organized and sometimes lose some of the sheets because they are all collected at the beginning of the exam.